Techniques for Managing An Aging Telephone Number Before Returning to Active Service

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria comprises a local exchange portion (NXX) of the out of service telephone number.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the criteria comprises plurality of historical data parameters, and wherein the return-to-service function assigns a weighted factor to each of the historical data parameters.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said associating the quality-related status is based on a rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is between a one (1) day and a ten (10) day rolling average inclusive.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the plurality of quality-related statuses comprises a low quality threshold status, medium quality threshold status, and a high quality threshold status, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is highest for the low quality threshold status and lowest for the high quality threshold status.

9. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the criteria comprises one or more of: (i) an average number of daily calls the out of service telephone number was receiving within 90 days of being taken out of service; (ii) a prior use case most closely associated with the out of service telephone number when it was in service; (iii) an area code (NPA) of the out of service telephone number; (iv) a length of time the out of service telephone number was in service prior to being taken out of service; (v) a number of times the out of service telephone number has been taken out of service in the past; and (vi) a reputation of a prior user of the out of service telephone number.

10. The computer system of claim 8, the criteria comprises a local exchange portion (NXX) of the out of service telephone number.

11. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the criteria comprises plurality of historical data parameters, and wherein the return-to-service function assigns a weighted factor to each of the historical data parameters.

12. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the quality-related status corresponds to a rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is between a one (1) day and a ten (10) day rolling average inclusive.

14. The computer system of claim 12, the plurality of quality-related statuses comprises a low quality threshold status, a medium quality threshold status, and a high quality threshold status, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is highest for the low quality threshold status and lowest for the high quality threshold status.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the criteria comprises one or more of: (i) an average number of daily calls the out of service telephone number was receiving within 90 days of being taken out of service; (ii) a prior use case most closely associated with the out of service telephone number when it was in service; (iii) an area code (NPA) of the out of service telephone number; (iv) a length of time the out of service telephone number was in service prior to being taken out of service; (v) a number of times the out of service telephone number has been taken out of service in the past; and (vi) a reputation of a prior user of the out of service telephone number.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the criteria comprises a local exchange portion (NXX) of the out of service telephone number.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the criteria comprises historical data parameters, and wherein the return-to-service function assigns a weighting factor to each of the historical data parameters.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the quality-related status corresponds to a rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is between a one (1) day and a ten (10) day rolling average inclusive.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the plurality of quality-related statuses comprises a low quality threshold status, a medium quality threshold status, and a high quality threshold status, wherein the rolling average of daily calls intended for the out of service telephone number is highest for the low quality threshold status and lowest for the high quality threshold status.